Malouinière de Launay-Ravilly

English translation

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History

Launay-Ravilly is a medium-sized malouinière, built in 1732 by François de Baudran, a member of an old family of Saint-Malo bourgeoisie and barrister at the parliament. It is representative of the typical overall layout of malouinières, with reconstruction near the old manor transformed into a farm, main dwelling of quadrangular plan, connected to two service pavilions by the wall separating the courtyard from the garden. It is also representative of the architecture of small malouinières of simple structure, by its plan (entrance in the hall containing the staircase and opening onto the central dining room, flanked on one side by a large living room, on the other by the kitchen and its tréhory) and by its elevations, plain, with three bays. Launay-Ravilly is finally remarkable for the extremely careful quality of its construction and its state of preservation. It has retained all its interior decoration, with the exception of the living room, remodelled in the 19th century, and especially its surroundings, something exceptional for medium-sized malouinières (old manor, outbuildings, dovecote, courtyard, ha-ha, vegetable garden, fishpond and rabine of access).